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Soil Fertility Program Scheduled
The 30th Annual Soil Ferti-
lity Day program will be
presented Wednesday, Feb.
25, in the district courtroom
in Tulia, according to Jim
Vanstory, Swisher County
Extension Agent, and Em-
met Pittman, chairman of the
Swisher County Program
Building Committee.
County Judge Jack Driskill
will serve as general chair-
man. He urges every farmer
and rancher to attend the
annual event.
The program will begin
at 9:45 a.m. with introduc-
tion and door prizes.
Among those having a part
on the program are Dr.
James Supak, area agrono-
mist, cotton, TAES, Lub-
bock; Leon New, agricultural
engineer, irrigation, TAES,
Lubbock: Jim Valentine, area
soil chemist. TAES, Lub-
bock; Dr. Kenneth Porter,
professor at Bushland Re-
search and Extension Cen-
ter; Dr. Allen Wiese, weed
control scientist, Bushland
Research and Extension
Center
Lunch will be served at
noon, courtesy of Swisher
County businessmen and
door prizes will be given
throughout the day.
Plains Cotton Growers of
Lubbock will conduct its elec-
tion of Swisher County direc-
tor shortly after noon.
All persons having an in-
terest in farming and ranch-
ing and related areas are
urged to attend.
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Progress walks Indian File
behind the guv willing to
stick his neck out.
The Tulir Herald
★ * COVERING SWISHER COUNTY LIKE THE SUNSHINE ★ *
VOL. 68. NO. 8
TULIA. (Swisher County) TEXAS 79088
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1976
TWO SECTIONS
‘Praise For Our Past’ Banquet Theme
Annual banquet of the
I ulta Chamber of Commerce
will be held Fridas at Tulia
High School 1/ra Jones Me-
morial cafeteria at 7:30 p.m.
according to ( W Reeves,
banquet chairman. Tickets
for the banquet may be
obtained at the Chamber
office and are priced at
$5.00.
Guest speaker is to be
Raymond Akin, Plainsiews
•'Man of the Year.” Murray
Travis is the master of cere-
monies.
Theme of this year's ban-
quet is "Praise for our
Past " Decorations are under
the direction of the Women's
Division of the Chamber.
Mary Ann Swinburn, presi-
dent.
The dinner is buffet style
with beef roast and all the
trimmings. Entertainment
will be supplied by Jcffie
Sturman Hamar and her
"Dance With Spirit." Mayor
Vance Swinburn will recog-
VL sun?®®
,By H. M. BAGGARLY
■Ml PORI FROM THE Library of Con-
gri ss that the United States is falling
behind Russia in several Military areas is
disturbing.
Military preparedness, which has
meant being No. 1. has long been a
bipartisan American objective.
Whenever an American President came
before the people and pointed out an area of
milu.irv weakness, traditionally both Con-
gress and the people responded.
MU SOMETHING HAS happened. No
MV longer is Congress or the American
people a rubber stamp for anv and every
demand of the President and the generals
and admirals And for a vers go«>d reason!
Wi have been had once too often!
We have lost confidence in the military-
industnal complex.
W< have grown tired of doling out our
resources bs the hundreds of billions only to
see them spent tor airplanes that wouldn’t
fly. guns that wouldn't fire, weapons that
were obsolete even before they were
manufactured
We ar« tired of cost overruns
We are tired of seeing generals and
admirals retiring to become vice presidents
of giant corporations whuh these same
generals and admirals had befriended with
billion dollar contracts We are tired of
irony ism in the ranks of the military and
giant manufacturers of military equipment.
UM I ARF IIKFI) of seeing the cost of a
■W plan* u .) ship more than do>bk
within a five year (xthkI
It isn't necessarily that we have all
grown loo soft, too luxury minded not to
want to spend our money for an effective
military ma> hine It's that the military
machine we would like to haye has priced
ilself out of the market!
M«t) WONDER RUSSIA has surpassed us
■W wnh her military machine. She
d«H sn’t allow her armament manufacturers
to reap huge profits through "cost over-
runs.” She doesn't complete for military-
personnel by depending on a "'volunteer
army " making salaries and Irmge benefits
so attractive as to be irresistible.
Russia has a keen sense of priority.
While we were spending billions in a crash
program to put a man on the moon so we
could say "we got there before the
Russians." Russia was calmly developing
her more (iractii.il military sciences
l mom/ation of our own armed services
is groyung nearer every day. Every buck
private and apprentice seaman niav soon be
demanding higher pay. more fringe bene-
fits and a voice in decision making before he
agrees lo defend the country !
I ittle wonder Congress and the Amen
can people have to an extent soured on the
military, all the way from I ockhecd down to
boot camp.
I ittle wonder they no longer are willing
to give thi- Pentagon a signed blank check
Mllll. GRAMM, candidate for the U. S.
Senate in the Democratic Primary, is
calling tor a new farm program based on
expanding production to meet growing world
demand He opposes the soil bank and price
supports.
That sounds good. . until we read the
small print *
It is true that there is a growing world
demand for food. And it is true that we are
capable ot supplying much of that demand.
But the catch is . the hordes of hungry
people cannot afford to pay the price
American farmers must have for growing
this tood. It lor humanitarian reasons we
provide this needed lood at a price the
impoverished countries can afford to pay.
the loss must be borne NOT by the American
farmer but In AI L the people. The farmer
must not be expected to bear the burden
alone
llus is where opinions differ.
^PIIEKE ARE LOTS of people, including
■ some farmers and their own organi-
zations, who make high sounding phrases
concerning agriculture, but these phrases
are not as good as they sound
Some want "to turn the farmer loose"
to plant fence to fence, without restriction so
that "agriculture can reach its full
potential."
They don't add that this is a luxury even
General Motors cannot afford!
HAVE NFAFR been an avid
mW Bentsen supporter We supported his
opponent when Bentsen ran tor the Senate
and we have been cool towards his
Presidential aspirations.
We must admit that he has pleasantly
surprised us on many of his Senate votes.
He has shifted from the right to the
center on numerous occasions, particularly
during his bid for the Presidency Ot course
some could sa\ that he had no other choice
since the center is where the votes are.
As we look over the field, there are few
Texans who could seriously challenge Bent-
sen for his Senate seat who would be an
improvement We could do a lot worse.
ND \ M AN IS known b\ his enemies as
will as tns tnends When people like
H. B. Zachrv of San Antonio. John
Stemmons. Jr., ot Dallas, anil Ford Albrit-
ton. the former Texas A\N1 regent, turn
away trorn Bentsen. claiming he is "too
liberal." the man can't be All bad!
Bob Armstrong, the liberal land com-
missioner. is listed on some ot Bentsen's
campaign stationery as a supporter'.
Billie Carr. Texas' liberal national
committccwoman, thinks Bentsen is making
some conservatives mad enough to turn to
Gramm. Carr said. "It Bentsen keeps all his
commitments to our people, he’s not gorna
have any conservative support left. He's
ignoring the conservatives
The liberal New Republic .alls Bentsen
a "progressive capitalist."
Ot thi two choices, fexas liberals and
moderates have no choice but Bentsen in the
Senate race.
Dr. Gramm is another John Tower.
Texas doesn't need two right wing college
professors in the Senate.
■ N POINTING OUT the absurdity of
■ Republican opposition in thi High-
tower. mil Mahon races last week, we tailed
to state that Hightower was rated the third
most conservative among the flivk of
freshman representatives who took office in
|974
I yen some Republicans were shocked
ai Bob Priii 's announcement His candidacy
just doesn't make sense. Some are even
suggesting that he is running not to get
elected (which is quite remote) but to raise
funds to pav oft debts which he savs he owes
from thi- I9~4 race.
Republicans cannot forget that Price
sIihhI In Richard Nixon to thi- bitter end!
They cannot forget that Spiro Agnew came
to Amarillo to help Price defeat Graham
Purcell. Bob Price made his bed with
Richard and Spiro, he bet his all on them tor
better or for worse.
In the long list of contributors to Bob
Price during 1975. we failed to find one from
Swisher County! Apparently he and his
friends did not let up on fund solicitation
during I975, presumably to liquidate cam-
paign debts. Since raising funds for a
defeated candidate takes one down the
loneliest path in the world, the road becomes
a little less lonely when a comeback is
inferred.
jUNNING FOR PI HI l( office isn't what
it used to be It used to be that all one
had to do was make a public announcement,
shake a few hands and hand out a few cards
When Marvin Jones first ran for
Congress back m the World War I era. the
district extended from Dalhart to Fort
Worth. And there were only about 20 miles
of paved highways in the district. Jones
announced in January and made every picnic
anil public birthday celebration in the
district before the first primary in July And
he had an opponent, owner of The Tulia
Herald and several other papers.
Anil when Jones filed his campaign
expense report for the long, hard campaign,
he had spent around $2,000!
M HE LIST OF CANDIDATES running for
■ governor or U. S. Senator used to be
as long as one's arm and some ot them
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nize the special guests.
Awards will be presented to
the Man and Woman of the
Year and others.
Officers of the Womens
division are Mary Ann
Swinburn. president. and
Favc C ox. treasurer. Direc-
tors are Velma Reeves,
Helen Burelsmith, Joyce
Thompson, Irene Mi-
Casland. Beth Wallace, lla
Marie Rogers. Karen San-
derson. Emily Hill and June
Thompson.
Outgoing officers ol the
Tulia Chamber ot Commerce
r\
v** y
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are Dennis Love, president.
Gale Stephens, vice presi-
dent and J. W. Ervin,
Secretary Treasurer. Retir-
ing directors are Dennis
Love. Gale Stephens and
Jack Sturman.
Incoming officers are Nor-
vell Breedlove, president. C.
W. Reeves, vice president
and J W. Ervin. Secretary-
Treasurer. The new 1976
directors, elected to a three
year term are Ralph Bates,
Ronnie George. Dick Shac-
kelford and Bill Wilfong.
Holdover directors are Bueal
Lee Thompson, Roy Smith.
T. A. Hayhurst, Harold Irl-
beck and Hal Wilkerson. Dub
Amburn is a director of the
West Texas Chamber of
Commerce.
Jennie Blankenship is
office secretary of the Cham-
ber and Don Crocker is
manager.
Another feature of the
Banquet will be the recogni-
tion of Swisher County pio-
neer families arriving before
the year 1900. Also all
Swisher County businesses
50 years old or older will he
recognized. All families and
businesses have been asked
to register at the Chamber.
RAYMOND AKIN
Alexander Named
Ass’n President
Olan Alexander of Tulia
has been named president of
Central Plains Savings Asso-
ciation of Plainview and
lulia Alexander replaces R
T. "Dick" O'Daniel of Tulia
who is retiring after serving
tor 14 vears as president of
the Association I he action
was taken during a Wednes-
day meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Association
at its offices in Tulia.
Alexander, a veteran of
over 30 years of credit ex-
perience. has been with the
Association for 12 years.
During his tenure with Cen
tral Plains Savings Asso-
ciation. formerly knows as
Tulia Savings Association, he
has served three terms as a
lulia city councilman. Ale-
xander is former president of
the lulia Industrial Founda-
tion, a director of the Hi-
Plains Research Foundation,
and a number of the Tulia
Rotary Club. He is a member
ot the I irst United Methodist
Church. He and his wife
Allots live at 223 Buffalo
Trail in 1 ulia.
Other new officers named
bv the Board include Ralph
Wav nc of Brownwood,
Chairman ol the Board. Jack
VALENTINE QUEENS were crowned at the annual Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Ball
Saturday night. Susan Howell, left, was chosen to represent the Sigma Eta chapter
and Cheryl Swinburn the Xi Kappa Gamma cnapter. Proceeds of the Ball were
donated to a fund to help pay medical expenses of Adrian Inman, the infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Inman. (Herald Photo)
Change In Free Lunch
Policy Is Announced
Recent enactment of
Public Law 94-105 by the
Federal Government man-
dates that the school adopt a
free and reduced-price meal
schedule. At the present
time the school is operating
with a free lunch schedule
only.
The new regulations will
become effective March 1.
1976. The new guidelines
will make it necessary for
many persons now on free
School Trustee
Election Called
R. Love of Tulia. Vice
Chairman; James E. "Pete'
Lancv of Hale Center, Senior
Vice President; and William
Kirk Hulsey of Tulia. Secre-
tary. Re-elected as officers
are Randall B. Kidd of
Plainview. Vice President
and Assistant Secretary; L>r.
Fred V. Richards of Tulia.
Treasurer; and Mrs Shirley
Rhoads of Tulia. Assistant
Secretary -1 reasurer.
During a stockholders
meeting, held earlier Wed-
nesday. Mike Hutcherson of
Plainview and l)r. James
Cornette of Canyon were
elected as new members of
the Board of Directors.
Hutcherson is associated
with Hutcherson Air Service
in Plainview. l)r. Cornette is
a former president and now
President Emeritus of West
Texas State University. He
currently operates Canyon
Art Gallery in Canyon.
Retiring President O
Daniel told stockholders that
under thi leadership of Ale-
xander the assets of the
Association increased bv
27% to $17,499,377 during
1975. lotal deposits are up
21% over the 1974 figures.
Board of Trustees of Tulia
Independent School District,
in regular session Tuesday
evening, February 10. pass-
ed a resolution calling for a
School Trustees' election to
he held Saturday. April 3.
The election will be held in
the foyer of the high school
auditorium. James Simpson
has been appointed election
judge for the general election
and Mary Sue Eakes has
been appointed absentee
election judge. Absentee vot-
ing will be held in the Tulia
Tax Office. March 15
through 30. inclusive.
Prospective candidates
must declare, by signature,
their candidacy , no later than
5 00 p.m . Wednesday.
March 3. in the office of the
school's business office, in
order to have their names
placed on the ballot.
Terms expire for incum-
bents Tom Abernathy, Jr.,
Dr 1 . S. Foreman, and Ed
Harris. Abernathy is the only
incumbent seeking re-elec-
tion. Other candidates filing
for places on the ballot arc
Jim Hill. Ray Tomlinson, and
Sam T. Murff.
In other action the hoard
accepted the resignations of
Principals Ely in How ell and
Kermit Mitchell who plan to
retire at the end of the school
year. The hoard expressed
their deep appreciation and
gratitude for the fine service
and leadership they have
given the lulia School sy-
stem as well as the Tulia
THE I ATE RAY BIVENS was honored at the Feb. 11 meeting of Central Plk.....
Savings Association with a resolution of respect. The resolution was framed and
presented to Mrs. Bivens by Olan Alexander, secretary. It was signed by directors
Alexander. R. B. Dawson, Jr.. W. K. Hulsey. James F.. (Pete) Lanev. Jack Love, R.
T. O'Daniel, Dr Fred Richards and Ralph Wavne. Bivens served as a director until
his death. (Heraid Photo)
community.
The contracts of Bob
Presley, High School Princi-
pal and Bob Painter. Junior
High School Principal were
extended one year. Also. E.
W. Riley, now serving as
Vocational Counselor was
employed as Highland Prin-
cipal next year replacing Mr.
Howell.
The contract of Earl
Miller, Athletic Director, was
extended one year.
The school hoard also gave
its approval for renewal of
Boh Rhodes contract for ap-
praisal services. Mr. Rhodes
helps appraise new residen-
tial and commercial pro-
perty.
Approval was also given to
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Sales Tax
Rebate
Is Up
AUSTIN — Comptroller
Boh Bullock mailed monthly
city sales tax rebate checks
totaling $11.3 million to 741
cities and towns Friday,
bringing to $22.7 million the
amount rebated to cities so
far this year.
At the same time. Bullock
issued a word of caution of
the hundreds of organiza-
tions formed to celebrate the
nation's bicentennial.
"Many of them don’t rea-
lize that if they sell trinkets
or sovenirs. they've got to
have a sales tax permit and
collect and remit the sales
tax.” he satd.
The Comptroller said the
confusion may exist because
the legislature exempted
from the sales tax certain
purchases made by Bicenten-
nial groups.
"No tax is due on items
they buy and actually use
themselves in commemorat-
ing the country's 200th birth-
day." Bullock said. "But the
things they sell to other
persons—belt buckles and
hats and flags, for example—
have got to be taxed.”
He said sales tax permits
are easily obtained at any of
the Comptroller’s 36 district
offices around the state.
Tulia's check was for
$7,570.32; Canyon. $4,320.-
09; Canadian, $6.',68.68;
Dimmitt. $4,326.43; Flov-
dada. $3,002.35; Kress,
$805.62; Nazareth. $620.55;
Amarillo. $209,057.94; lub
bock. $241,881 49
lunches to pay a reduced
meal cost of 20 cents.
A letter explaining the new
free and reduced-price lunch
policy as well as application
forms will he sent home with
students, according to
Howard Pollard. Superin-
tendent of Schools. Family
size and income will deter-
mine eligibility. Family in-
come falling within the
guideline scales or those
suffering from unusual cir-
cumstances may make appli-
cation for the free or
reduced-price lunches for
their children. The only hard-
ship condition recognized by
the state are unusually high
medical bills, shelter cost in
excess of 30% of income,
special education expenses
due to the mental or physical
condition of a child, or disas-
ter or casualty losses. In
certain cases foster children
are also eligible for these
benefits. If a family has
foster children living with
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Tule Golf Club
Calls Meeting
Tule Lake Golf Club will
hold its annual meeting at
the elub Saturday at 5 p.m
New board members and
officers will be elected at that
time.
New meter connections re-
ported by the city of Tulia
since last week: Joe Soto. 413
N. Hale: Jeff Pickard. "14 N.
Gaines.
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Marriage licenses issued
by the county clerk since last
week: Michael Kingston
Crouch. Tulia and Rebecca
Joyce Norwood. Tulia;
Harold Loyd Dow. Hereford,
anil Ethel Nu/um Aldridge,
Tulia: Don Andrews Adams.
Tulia and Rebecca Lynn
Anderson. Tulia
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Patients admitted to
Swisher Memorial Hospital
since last Tuesdav; Edon
Myers. Kenneth Welch.
Randel Tiffany. J. B
Murrell, B B Burrow.
Minerva Martinez. Peggy
Johnson. Clara B Hav hurst.
Amil McCaslin. Mrs. L. J.
Shuping. Mrs. Josephine
Serna. Mrs. Willie Moreno.
Mrs. Henrv Hendrix. C. D
Oringderff. Mrs Gildo Mata
BORN TO;
Mr. and Mrs. Gildo Mata.
120"-A West 21st St.. Plain
view-, a boy.
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New subscribers to Ihe
Tulia Herald since last week
Mrs. Eunice Carlile. "22 N
Haves. Amarillo, Texas.
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Temperature extremes for
the past week were 77 and
31. Weather remains drv
with just a trace of moisture
being reported.
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Baggarly, H. M. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 19, 1976, newspaper, February 19, 1976; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth506858/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Swisher County Library.